Swiss find sweet way to test water purity
 

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Swiss find sweet way to test water purity   add a comment about this item

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December 2010

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Researchers at the Swiss Federal Research Station have found that a common sweetener provides a method of tracking where water from waste treatment plants ends up. Using the method they have discovered that between 10 and 20 percent of water from ground-water aquifers has made its way there from domestic waste water.

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GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION; TRACERS; WATER QUALITY

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SWITZERLAND

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New Scientist

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Water Quality [2825]

 
 
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